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This is a free project by Michael Fulkerson from Spool Sewing www.spoolsewing.com. I made the birds and my husband put it all together - now it hangs in the baby's room.
I decided my birds needed some wings to add a bit more color, and just cut out teardrop shapes of fabric to make them.
Image taken 08.07.2023 by David Moth . At the Private Flyer Show, Leeds East/Church Fenton Airport , North Yorkshire
Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary - Christmas Hill, Saanich, BC
I would never have noticed this little bird on her nest if she hadn't been so vocal. She was off the nest at first, but returned whispering and squeaking continuously. She flew randomly all around the tree the nest was in, as they do to confuse predators, then settled down on the nest. While she stayed somewhat alert, she didn't pay much attention to me, and left the nest and returned a couple more times while I was there. I was over ten feet away, shooting through a gap in the leaves and branches; this lady chose a good, hard to see (and photograph) nesting spot.
I am shot myself in flight with birds, you can see in the picture three birds over the parachute, These are "hawks" that glide on the warm air that rises, so we know where the wind up and accrue height .
© tal_axl
This is a view towards Conwy from RSPB bird sanctuary in Llandudno. (don't take me for my word in the spelling section. I still don't have the hang of Welsh after almost 10 years!)
You can see Conwy Castle and the boxed in railway bridge running past it, over on the other side of the estuary.
On Saturday morning I got up to find the egret still there and his wing badly dis-formed. I phoned the Sarasota Bird Sanctuary but no-one replied so I left a message in the hope that someone would come and get him/her and save his life at least. The one good thing which was positive was that the egret was eating because I witnessed it doing so. Sadly the Bird Sanctuary only phoned on Sunday and I could not find the egret, I looked all over our property. Then I phoned my neighbors on either side and one set told me that they had seen an egret too the day before and that the Bird Sanctuary had picked him/her up on Saturday, I was delighted to know that it was being looked after.
This week we've had dozens of small birds flitting about the back yard. I have no idea where they've come from, and no idea what their plan is. But they sure keep Eva bust watching. Whenever a bird comes by - instinct takes over and full gazer-beam comes on.
Our back yard is currently 1/3 of a way through a renovation, so lots of mud, and no working gate. This means no free running/wrestling time for the dogs.
Is it wrong of me to consider putting up several new bird feeders and bird houses when the yard work is done? Not sure if it would be torture or entertainment for Eva to watch over them in the yard.
I was at home working at the kitchen table when I saw her watching, and thought it could make a good natural framing shot. However, she breaks the frame of the window and the frame is incomplete. None-the-less, I'll consider it the start of my natural framing shot for studio 26.
This is actually a 7 image HDR shot to handle the wide range of lighting. I prefer black and white, but a colour version is attached as well.
My large Bird's Nest Fern was badly damaged by the severe 2 day freeze we had in January. It is growing new fronds now. Feb. 2017.
Chestnut-headed Bee Eater.
The chestnut-headed bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti) a.k.a. bay-headed bee-eater is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It is a resident breeder in the Indian subcontinent and adjoining regions, ranging from India east to Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.
This species, like other bee-eaters, is a richly coloured, slender bird. It is predominantly green, with blue on the rump and lower belly. Its face and throat are yellow with a black eye stripe, and the crown and nape are rich chestnut. The thin curved bill is black. Sexes are alike, but young birds are duller.
This species is 18–20 cm long; it lacks the two elongated central tail feathers possessed by most of its relatives.
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